MTL506 - Complex Analysis– Tutorial Sheet - 7
1. Determine the singular points and type of the singularity of the following functions and also
calculate the residue at the isolated singular points.
1
1 1 1 e z2 1 sinz zcosz
a) 2 4
b)cotz c) d)e z 2 e) f) z
g) 2 2
h) ,
z +z sin(1/z) 1−z 1−e z −π 1 − sinz
i)Log(z)
z
2. Expand the function f (z) = 1+z 3 (a) in a series of positive powers of z, (b) in a series of
negative powers of z. In each case, specify the region in which the expansion is valid.
3. Write the Laurent series for the following functions:
z 1
(a) z+2 in |z| > 2, (b) (z−1)(z−2) in |z| < 1, 1 < |z| < 2, and |z| > 2, (c) z+1
z−1 in |z| < 1, and
|z| > 1.
4. Suppose f and g have poles of order m and n, respectively, at z0 . What can be said about
the singularity of f + g, f g, f /g at z0 ?
5. If f : G → C is analytic except at poles, then show that poles of f cannot have a limit point
in G.
6. Let f be an analytic function on C \ {0} such that |f (z)| ≤ |z| + √1 , then show that f
p
|z|
is constant.
7. Let γR (t) := Reit forZt ∈ [0, 2π] and R >Z 0. Calculate the following
Z integrals using Cauchy
dz
Residue theorem: a) cot(z)dz b) 3
c) sin(1/z)dz
Z γ1 γ2 (z − 4)(z − 1) γ1
d) ze1/z dz.
γ1
8. Let f be analytic in G = {z : 0 < |z − a| < r} except that there is a sequence of poles {an }
in G with an → a. Show that for any ω ∈ C there is a sequence {zn } in G with a = lim zn
and ω = lim f (zn ).
9. Evaluate
Z ∞ the followingZ integrals:
∞ Z ∞
dx sinx 2
a) 2
b) dx c) e−x dx.
−∞ 1 + x 0 x 0
10. Find the number of zeros of the polynomial z 4 + 3z 2 + z + 1 in the unit disc.
11. How many zeros does the function f (z) = z 6 + 4z 2 ez+1 − 3 have in the unit disk.
12. Find the number of roots of z 7 − 4z 3 − 11 = 0 which lie between the two circles |z| = 1 and
|z| = 2.
13. Prove that for any a ∈ C and n ≥ 2, the polynomial az n + z + 1 has at least one root in
the disc |z| ≤ 2.
14. Let f be an entire function such that f (x) ∈ R if and only if x ∈ R. Use argument principle
to show that f can have at most one zero.
k
15. Show that for any r > 0, there exists integer nr > 0 such that the polynomial nk=0 zk! has
P
no zeroes in B0 (r) for all n ≥ nr . has no zeros in B0 (r) for all n ≥ nr .